Widow Collection (page 11)

The late Mrs Drummond, Widow of Lieutenant Thomas Drummond, RE, Under-Secretary to the Government of Ireland
1602780 The late Mrs Drummond, Widow of Lieutenant Thomas Drummond, RE, Under-Secretary to the Government of Ireland, 1835 to 1840 (engraving) by English School

Copper plate, Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin
Original copper plate (cancelled), Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin. circa early 1920s

The Land Agitation in Ireland, the Widow and the Assassin (engraving)
1037562 The Land Agitation in Ireland, the Widow and the Assassin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Land Agitation in Ireland)

Celebration of the Centenary of the Emperor Joseph II in Vienna (engraving)
1107018 Celebration of the Centenary of the Emperor Joseph II in Vienna (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Commissioning a Frigate Fifty Years Ago (engraving)
1063429 Commissioning a Frigate Fifty Years Ago (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commissioning a Frigate Fifty Years Ago)

Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902
Centuries-old tradition, when 21 sixpences were placed upon a flat gravestone in the churchyard at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London, on Good Friday morning

Corporal of the Scots Guards in Battle Order, WW1
A Corporal of the Scots Guards in Battle Order. By Lady Kathleen Scott (1878-1947), widow of Scott of the Antarctic, a gifted sculptor

Womens fashion 1912
Delicate colouring in chiffon and gauze, swathered round the straw hat and hanging in graceful folds at the back which almost reaches the waist. Date: 1912

INDIAN BURIAL ALIVE
An Indian widow is buried alive beside her husband Date: 1737

Margaret of Savoy / Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, pub. 1902 (collotype)
1073605 Margaret of Savoy/Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, pub. 1902 (collotype) by Orley, Bernard van (c.1488-1541) (workshop of); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Rakes Progress, Plate 5, 1st State, 1735 (engraving)
1071400 A Rakes Progress, Plate 5, 1st State, 1735 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 34.9x39.1 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

On The Day Of The Dead, Flowers And Crowns On The Tombs (colour litho)
2798236 On The Day Of The Dead, Flowers And Crowns On The Tombs (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: On The Day Of The Dead)

The Egyptian Widow, 1872 (oil on panel)
3545923 The Egyptian Widow, 1872 (oil on panel) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912); 74.9x99.1 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Widows Mite, 1890 (oil on canvas)
3601786 The Widows Mite, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Fletcher, William Teulon Blandford (1858-1936); 131.5x171.3 cm; Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcestershire, UK; English, out of copyright

The Bridal Of Malahide (engraving)
3655201 The Bridal Of Malahide (engraving) by Leighton, Edmund Blair (1853-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bridal Of Malahide)

The Young Widow (engraving)
3620586 The Young Widow (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Young Widow. After a painting by Alfred Stevens)

Queen Margaret, widow of James IV, defies the nobles (litho)
665670 Queen Margaret, widow of James IV, defies the nobles (litho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th/20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Margaret, widow of James IV, defies the nobles)

A Suttee (engraving)
669763 A Suttee (engraving) by Grindlay, Robert Melville (1786-1877) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Suttee, preparing for the immolation of a Hindoo widow)

The boyhood of Martin Luther, illustration from The History of the Nation
STC306682 The boyhood of Martin Luther, illustration from The History of the Nation (litho) by Spangenberg, Gustav Adolph (1828-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Naomi, illustration from Women of the Bible, published by The Religious Tract
IL281093 Naomi, illustration from Women of the Bible, published by The Religious Tract Society, 1927 (colour litho) by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

The Soldiers Grave, pub. by Currier & Ives, c. 1862 (colour litho)
AQS331958 The Soldiers Grave, pub. by Currier & Ives, c.1862 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Mrs Siddons as Constance with Child, 1783 (pen, ink & wash on paper)
XYC284425 Mrs Siddons as Constance with Child, 1783 (pen, ink & wash on paper) by Flaxman, John (1755-1826); 26.7x18.7 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Portrait of Christina of Denmark, 1545 (oil on panel)
ALM283402 Portrait of Christina of Denmark, 1545 (oil on panel) by Coxie or Coxcie, Michiel I (1499-1592); 71x55.6 cm; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio

The widows mite
LLM339325 The widows mite by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The widows mite. The Illustrated National Family Bible, John Harrop (c 1870).); © Look and Learn

Elizabeth Alexander, widow, aged 104 (engraving)
585937 Elizabeth Alexander, widow, aged 104 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elizabeth Alexander, widow)

A Wife (w / c on paper)
BBC199375 A Wife (w/c on paper) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Indian Widows, 1827-35 (colour litho)
478524 Indian Widows, 1827-35 (colour litho) by Burnouf, M.E. (fl.1827-35); Private Collection; (add.info.: Veuves Indiennes, illustration from L Inde Francaise, Paris: Chabrelle)

Woman in Black, c. 1719 (red & black chalk on paper)
CLK418010 Woman in Black, c.1719 (red & black chalk on paper) by Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721); 19.7x17.9 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; French

Portrait of Cristina di Lorena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, c. 1620 (oil on canvas)
BEN465657 Portrait of Cristina di Lorena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, c.1620 (oil on canvas) by Tito, Tiberio di (1573-1627); Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Study of the Head of an Old Woman, 1880s (oil)
BOO183443 Study of the Head of an Old Woman, 1880s (oil) by Geoffroy, Henri Jules Jean (1853-1924); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; French, out of copyright

The boyhood of Martin Luther, illustration from Hutchinson
STC373602 The boyhood of Martin Luther, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 (litho) by Spangenberg

A Survivor of Bronkers Spruit (engraving)
1054505 A Survivor of Bronkers Spruit (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Survivor of Bronkers Spruit, Mrs Smith, Widow of Bandmaster Smith)

Royal visitors to France: The Dowager Empress and Tsarevich of Russia (colour litho)
2818735 Royal visitors to France: The Dowager Empress and Tsarevich of Russia (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal visitors to France)

Golf: A golf widow (litho)
6027958 Golf: A golf widow (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: A golf widow. Illustration for Golf, in the Badminton Library, by Horace G Hutchinson (Longmans)

Plankenau Simonsdr Hasselaer, c. 1590-1609 (oil on panel)
1765809 Plankenau Simonsdr Hasselaer, c.1590-1609 (oil on panel) by Dutch School, (16th century); 34.8A--26.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The widow of an Indian chief watching over her husband
JLJ4657609 The widow of an Indian chief watching over her husbands weapons Painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) 1785 Derby, Derby museum by Wright of Derby

Susanna van Collen nee Mogge and her daughter, 1776 (oil on canvas)
5051895 Susanna van Collen nee Mogge and her daughter, 1776 (oil on canvas) by Numan, Hermanus (1744-1820); 80x64 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The word of God (Painting, 19th century)
LRI4663025 The word of God (Painting, 19th century) by Bianchi, Mose (1836-93); Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio

The Departure (Second Class), pub. 1857 (coloured engraving)
5055697 The Departure (Second Class), pub. 1857 (coloured engraving) by Solomon, Abraham (1824-62) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

The Widow (engraving)
1591528 The Widow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Widow. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 19 November 1887)

Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (b / w photo)
6015086 Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Death of William the Silent (1533-84) Stadholder of the Netherlands
AFR97123 The Death of William the Silent (1533-84) Stadholder of the Netherlands by Israels, Jozef (Josef) (1824-1911); South African National Gallery, Cape Town

Portrait of Poliksena Stepanovna Stasova (1839-1918) wife of D. V
SRM96566 Portrait of Poliksena Stepanovna Stasova (1839-1918) wife of D.V. Stasov, 1879 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); 74.5x66 cm; State Russian Museum, St

St. Elizabeth of Hungary spinning Wool for the Poor, c. 1895 (oil on canvas)
MHW91531 St. Elizabeth of Hungary spinning Wool for the Poor, c. 1895 (oil on canvas) by Stokes, Marianne (1855-1927); 96.5x60.5 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

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"Widow: A Tapestry of Strength, Resilience, and Legacy" In the annals of history, the word "widow" resonates with tales of remarkable women who defied expectations and forged their own destinies. From Mary, Queen of Scots, whose widowhood became a symbol of defiance against political turmoil, to St. Augustine's mother St. Monica, whose unwavering faith guided her son towards greatness in 4th-century Africa. The image shifts to an oil painting from 1855 depicting a female figure donning a hobble skirt - an emblematic representation of widows' fashion during that era. The Tatler front cover showcases Mrs La Touche Congreve cradling her baby daughter; a poignant reminder that even in times of loss, love endures. Madeleine Force Astor emerges next as she navigated life as the second wife and widow of John Jacob Astor IV during the early 20th century. Her story intertwines with Lily Elsie's enchanting presence on stage – both women embodying strength amidst adversity. Queen Victoria graces our narrative too; her widowhood immortalized through Rev's pen and pencil drawings capturing London Pictures. And let us not forget Franz Lehar's haunting melodies echoing through time – his composition serving as solace for many grieving souls. Yet it is Dorothea Lange's iconic photograph "Migrant Mother" that encapsulates the indomitable spirit within every widow - resilience etched upon faces weathered by hardship during America's Great Depression. Returning to history’s embrace once more, we witness Elizabeth Woodville meeting King Edward IV for the first time – their union transcending societal norms while shaping England’s future. Finally, we find ourselves standing on Chancery Lane Underground Station platform alongside countless widows throughout generations who have faced life head-on despite unimaginable loss – each step forward becoming part of their legacy.